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Petitioning as a civic duty in a democracy

John Fea   |  December 2, 2022

What does it mean to participate in a democracy? Historian Sarena Zabin argues that between the American Revolution and the Civil War it was petitioning, not voting, that was the important way people performed their civil duties. Here is a […]